Van gaasbeek



Patented Nov. 8, I898.

No. 6l3,740.

W. VAN GAASBEEK.

CHIMNEY PROTECTOR.

(Application filed Apr. 22, 1897.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WASHINGTON VAN GAASBEEK, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

' CHIMNEY-PROTECTOR.

SPECIFICATION forming. part of Letters Patent No. 613,740, dated November 8, 1898.

Application filed April 22, 1897. Serial No. 633,247. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that LWAsHINcToN VAN GAAS- BEEK, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, (Brooklyn,) in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a certain new, useful, and valuable Improvement in Chimney-Protectors, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

' My invention has relation to chimney-protectors; and it consists in the novel construction and arrangement of its parts, as hereinafter described.

My present invention is an improvement on that shown in my prior patent, granted July 3, 1888, No. 385,489.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple and cheap protector for the tops of chimneys, said protector consisting of a number of sheets of metal, said sheets being securely held to each other and being so formed as to be adjusted to meet the size (length and breadth) of a chimney, and thereby being susceptible of being adjusted to a chimney.

A further object of my invention is to construct a chimney-protector of plates, there being no more joints where the plates are connected than there are corners to the chimneythat is, there will be but four joints or connections between the plates.

The further object of my invention is to provide protectors for the upper edges of the flue-partitions, said protectors adapted to be firmly held in position by the chimney-protector proper.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspectiveview of the chimney-top, showing my protector located thereon. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the under side of the protector, showing howthe plates are secured together and how they may be adjusted. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view of the chimney, cut on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 1 is a perspective View of the protector for the flue-partition.

The protector proper consists of a series of plates or strips, said strips being identical in formation,with the exception that some strips are longer than the others, the longer strips being adapted to cover the longitudinal edges of the chimney and the shorter strips being adapted to cover the shorter edges of the chimney. Each strip consists of a flat section 1, said section havingat one end the elongated recess 2 and at the opposite end the downwardly-extendin g flap 3. The downwardly-extending fiap 4 is located along the longitudinal outer edge of the strip 1. Near the end of the strip 1, provided with the flap 3, a perforation 5 is provided, and through said perforation the bolt (5 passes, as shown in Fig. 3. The head 7 of the said .bolt is adapted to bear against the under side of the adjoining strip and impinges the adjoining strips together, as shown in Fig. 3. The shank of the bolt 6 is provided with a squared section 8, as indicated in the dotted lines in- Fig. 2. Said squared section 8 is adapted to slip longitudinally in the elongated recess 2, and the sides of the recess 2 coming in contact with the squared section 8 prevents the said bolt 6 from revolving when the tap 9 is screwed on the outer end of the said bolt. When the protector is in position, the head 7 of thebolt rests upon the top brick of the chimney, as shown in Fig. 3, and the sections 1 of the strips rest on the top edges of the chimney and the flaps 3 and 4: cover the perpendicular sides of the upper edges of the chimney. Thus the upper edges of the chimney are protected.

It will be seen that the recessed ends of the strips 1 pass under the opposite ends of the adjoining strips and the said recessed ends are completely housed under the opposite ends of the adjoining strips and the said recessed ends do not project through the longitudinal flap 4 of the adjoining strips. Thus a neat joint is made, and it will be seen that the strips can be readily adjusted to meet the specific dimensions of the chimney-top.

The flue-partition protectors consist of the body portion 10, having the extending wings 11, said wings being on the same plane as the body portion 10. The downwardly-extendin g flaps 12 12 are located one on each side of the body portion 10. Said flaps are adapted to protect the sides of the edges of the fiue-partitions, as shown in Fig. 1. The wings 11 pass under the longitudinal strips 1 1 of the protector proper, and thereby the flue-partition protectors are held firmly in place.

In placing the protector upon the top of and then the various plates are assembled on the cement, as before described.

By experimenting I have found that galvanized iron is the best material to make the strips or plates of, and I have found that it is better to galvanize the said plates or strips after they have been cut and formed up, as by galvanizing first and then forming the plates the galvanized surface is apt to crack, and thus expose the iron, which in time will rust. The bolts 6 and the taps 9 are preferably made of brass or other material which does not corrode or rust.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. A chimney-protector consisting of four strips being similar in shape and construction varying only in length each strip having along its longitudinal edge a downwardly-extending flap, all portions of the downwardlyextending flap being in one and the same perpendicular plane, a downwardly-extending flap located at the end of each strip, all portions of the end flap being in one and the same perpendicular plane, all portions of the upper surface of the flap being in one and the same horizontal plane, an elongated recess extending into the end of the upper surface of the strip opposite the end having the downwardly-extending flap, the recessed end of the strip being housed under the opposite end of the adjoining strip when in place on the chimney, thus forming joints at the corners of the protector, each strip extending at right angles to its adjacent strips a bolt passing through the overlapping ends of the strips and entering the elongated recess of the nether strip to clamp the strips together.

2. A chimney-protector consisting of four strips, all of the said strips being similar in shape and construction varying only in lengths, each strip having along its longitudinal edge a downwardly-extending flap, all portions of the downwardly-extendin g flap being in one and the same perpendicular plane, a downwardly-extending flap located at the end of each strip, all portions of the end flap being in one and the same horizontal plane, an elongated recess extending into the end of the upper surface of the strip at the opposite end from the downwardly-extending flap, the recessed end of each strip being housed under the opposite end of the adjoining strip when in place on the chimney, and thus forming the joints at the corners of the protector, each strip extending at right angles to its adjacent strips a bolt passing through the overlapping ends of the strips, a squared section located on said bolt, said squared section entering the elongated recess of the nether strip, the edges of the recess adapted to come in contact with the squared section of the bolt and prevent the bolt from revolving, said bolt adapted to clamp the strips together.

3. In combination with a chimney-protector consisting of four strips, said strips being joined together at the corners of the chimney, a device for protecting the upper edges of the flue-partition, said device consisting of a horizontal body portion, downwardly-extending flaps formed at the longitudinal edges of the body portion, wings located at the ends of the body portion, said wings being in the same horizontal plane as the body portion, said wings adapted to pass under the protector proper and thereby secure the flue-partition of the protector in place, the downwardlyextending flaps adapted to pass along the opposite sides of the upper edge of the flue.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WASHINGTON VAN GAASBEEK. lVitnesses:

METcALF 13. HATCH, GEo. A. NALL. 

